01959nam a2200301Ia 4500001001300000003000600013007000300019008004100022020001800063020001500081035002200096040002200118050002600140100002100166245008000187260005100267300002500318504006400343505023600407520074300643610003301386650002201419650003201441651004601473942001201519952011101531999001501642on1245343123OCoLCta210407s2021    th a     b    001 0 eng    a9786162151705  a6162151700  a(OCoLC)1245343123  aTULIBbengcTULIB  aDS528.2.W32bL56 20211 aLintner, Bertil.14aThe Wa of Myanmar and China's quest for global dominance /cBertil Lintner.  aChiang Mai, Thailand :bSilkworm Books,c2021.  aviii, 272 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-255) and index.  aThe Wa: wild men of the mountains -- The plan that failed -- The Wa and the Communist Party of Burma -- The growth of the United Wa State Army -- The United Wa State Army and drugs: a Chinese dilemma -- The plan that might succeed.  aThe United Wa State Army (UWSA) is a nonstate armed group that administers an autonomous zone in the difficult-to-reach Wa Hills of eastern Myanmar. As China expands its geopolitical interests across Asia through the Belt and Road Initiative, the Wa have come to play a pivotal role in Beijing?s efforts to extend its influence in Myanmar. In a book relevant to current debates about geopolitics in Asia, the illicit drug trade, Myanmar?s decades-long civil wars, and ongoing efforts to negotiate a settlement, Bertil Lintner, the only foreign journalist to visit the Wa areas when they were controlled by the Communist Party of Burma, traces the history of the Wa Hills and the struggles of its people, providing a rare look at the UWSA.24aBa ma Prann Kvanmrunac Pati. 4aWa (Asian people) 4aParamilitary forceszBurma. 4aBurmaxForeign economic relationszChina.  2lcccBK  00104070aPNLIBbPNLIBcGENd2021-06-17oDS528.2.W32 L56 2021pPNLIB21062343r2021-06-17w2021-06-17yBK  c2530d2530